David Cameron plots new coalition after election

DAVID Cameron is making plans for a second coalition in the event of another hung Parliament at the next election, it was reported last night.

PUBLISHED: 00:00, Mon, Aug 19, 2013

Mr Cameron is understood to want to avoid any more rebellions if he has to agree a second coalition

The Prime Minister is said to have held talks with Cabinet ministers over new Conservative Party rules, which would make it easier to strike another deal.

Under the plans, backbench Tories would be consulted on a new power-sharing agreement with the final text being put to them in a vote.

Tory backbenchers who were unhappy at Mr Cameron’s deal with Mr Clegg in 2010 have staged a string of rebellions on Europe, Lords reform and gay marriage.

Some rebels say they do not feel bound to back all the Government’s policies because they were not consulted on them.

Mr Cameron is understood to want to avoid any more rebellions if he has to agree a second coalition after the 2015 election.

The plans will anger many Tory MPs who believe his record to date will cost the party outright victory at the next election.

But the talks reflect continuing fear among senior Tories that the party will once again fall short of a Commons majority.

Despite growing optimism about economic recovery and the lack-lustre performance of Labour leader Ed Miliband, some senior MPs believe that the next election could still produce another hung Parliament.